Follow the stuff that cities, counties and states build to attract and keep factories, jobs, stores, planes, colleges, tourists and residents.

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By Brian Leaf

If they build it, will they come? That’s the question reporter Brian Leaf answers by following the stuff that cities, county and states build to attract and keep factories, jobs, stores, airplanes, colleges, tourists and residents to burgs and
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If they build it, will they come? That’s the question reporter Brian Leaf answers by following the stuff that cities, county and states build to attract and keep factories, jobs, stores, airplanes, colleges, tourists and residents to burgs and ‘burbs throughout the region.

I've served my country my entire adult life, whether as a state employee at a local prison, a postal worker, or a US Marine. Some would say I've spent my life sucking off of the teet of the taxpayers. I'd say I've got a perspective on the REAL America that few others have had the privilege to ever see.